BigBookofExplorationsAcknowledgments“Acorn”byKarenSekiguchi,fromLADYBUG,October2002.Copyright©2002byKarenSekiguchi,publishedbyCarusPublishingCompany.Reprintedbypermission.“IDon’tSuppose,”“RainontheRooftops,”“SliponYourRaincoat,”and“TheWind”fromSINGASONGOFPOETRYanimprintofHeinemann,adivisionofReedElsevierInc.Copyright©2004byGaySuPinnellandIreneC.Fountas.“SeaAnimals”byMeishGoldish.Copyright©1997byMeishGoldish.Reprintedbypermission.“ThePark”fromCRICKETYCRICKET!byJamesS.Tippitt.Reprintedbypermission.IllustrationCredits2:(c)AnnetteCable;3–6:AnnetteCable;7:(tc,bc)AnnetteCable;8:ChristineMau;11:(br)TimFoley;12:(bc)RobertKopecky;13–14:LizConrad;24:(c)DavidCoulson;25:(c)BernardAdnet;26–27:(c)ElizaKleven;28:(c)ValerieSokolova;32:(c,bc,br)LindaBleck;33–38:RexBarron;39:JamesWilliamson;40:SallyVitsky;44:(tc)MikeMaydak;60:(cr)RitaLascaro;62:(tc)RitaLascaro.PhotographyCreditsAllphotographsarebyMacmillan/McGraw-Hill(MMH)exceptasnotedbelow.CoverandTitlePagePhotography:DanielJ.Cox/NaturalExposures2:(br)Macmillan/McGraw-HillPhotography;7:(br)Macmillan/McGraw-HillPhotograhy;10:(cl)Royalty-Free/Corbis;(tcr)RobertE.Daemmrich/GettyImages;(br)MichaelNewman/PhotoEdit;11:(t)DannTardif/Corbis;15:(c)JohnNetherton/AnimalsAnimals;16:(bkgd)JaniceMcDonald/Wetzel&Company,Inc.;(c)DanielJ.Cox/GettyImages;17:(c)NorbertRosing/NationalGeographicImageCollection;18:(c)RayRichardson/AnimalsAnimals;19:(c)BrianStablyk/GettyImages;(bkgd)JaniceMcDonald/Wetzel&Company,Inc.;20:(c)FredWhitehead/AnimalsAnimals;(bkgd)JaniceMcDonald/Wetzel&Company,Inc.;22:(tl)KathyHeister/IndexStockImagery;(bl)JoseLuisPelaez,Inc./Corbis;22–23:(t)BobWinsett/Corbis;(bkgd)ShubrotoChattopadhyay/Corbis;23:(cl)KenDufault/IndexStockImagery;(br)EdwardKinsman/PhotoResearchers;30:DavidYoung-Wolff/PhotoEdit;30–31:(t)EdYoung/Corbis;31:(tl,cl)DavidYoung-Wolff/PhotoEdit;(br)CourtesyJohnEvans/Alaskagiant.com;32:(t)EdYoung/Corbis;42:(br)AFPPhoto/Xinhua/Newscom;43:(br)JeffGreenberg/IndexStockImagery;(tr)MauricioAnton/Photo...